⚔ Conquest / annexation
Dutugemunu unites Sri Lanka
c. 161 BCE – present · 📍 Anuradhapura
Defeats Elara (Ellalan).
The large dot is this battle; small dots are other battles fought at the same place.
♻ Fought over again and again
Other battles within 40 km of this place.
c. 993 CEChola invasion of Sri Lanka
→ Anuradhapura was sacked and the Sinhalese capital abandoned.
1017Chola conquest of Sri Lanka completed
→ Northern Sri Lanka became the Chola province of Mummudi-chola-mandalam.
Alive at the time
Patanjali
active c. 150 BCE
Grammarian who wrote the Mahabhashya on Panini
Nagasenaactive c. 150 BCE
Buddhist monk whose dialogue with King Menander forms the Milindapanha
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🗂 Era 1
- Ancient IndiaPart of this era
⏳ Periods 1
- Post-Mauryan PowersBelongs to this period
🏛 Kingdoms & empires 12
- Satavahana Empire 200 BCE – 225 CEExisted at the same time (425 years)
- Kushan Empire 30 CE – 375 CEExisted at the same time (345 years)
- Gupta Empire 240 CE – 550 CEExisted at the same time (310 years)
- Pallava Dynasty 275 CE – 897 CEExisted at the same time (622 years)
- Pushyabhuti (Vardhana) Dynasty 500 CE – 647 CEExisted at the same time (147 years)
- Chalukyas of Badami 543 CE – 753 CEExisted at the same time (210 years)
- Chahamanas (Chauhans) of Shakambhari 650 CE – 1194Existed at the same time (367 years)
- Gurjara-Pratihara Empire 730 CE – 1036Existed at the same time (287 years)
- Pala Empire 750 CE – 1161Existed at the same time (267 years)
- Rashtrakuta Empire 753 CE – 982 CEExisted at the same time (229 years)
- Chola Empire 848 CE – 1279Existed at the same time (169 years)
- Ghaznavid Empire 977 CE – 1186Existed at the same time (40 years)
👑 Rulers 6
- Pandukabhaya 437–367 BCERuled it
- Devanampiya Tissa 247–207 BCERuled it
- Dutugemunu 161–137 BCERuled it
- Vattagamani Abhaya 89–77 BCERuled it
- Mahasena 274 CE – 301 CERuled it
- Dhatusena 455 CE – 473 CERuled it
👤 People 3
- Mahinda (Thera) active c. 250 BCELived under it
- Sanghamitta active c. 240 BCELived under it
- Buddhaghosa active c. 430 CELived under it
⚔ Events 4
- Mahinda brings Buddhism to Sri Lanka c. 247 BCEHappened in it
- Kashyapa I builds Sigiriya c. 477 CEHappened in it
- Dutugemunu unites Sri Lanka c. 161 BCEHappened in it
- Pali Canon written down at Aluvihare c. 29 BCEHappened in it
📍 Places & sites 3
- Mihintale c. 247 BCEA place of this polity
- Ruwanwelisaya, Anuradhapura c. 140 BCEA place of this polity
- Sigiriya c. 477 CEA place of this polity
🔧 Technology 3
- Brahmi: Ashoka's inscriptions 3rd century BCEMade or discovered in this time
- Wootz steel Ancient and medieval periodsMade or discovered in this time
- Zero: the Bakhshali manuscript as early as the 3rd or 4th century CEMade or discovered in this time
📄 Research 3
- The Image of the Barbarian in Early India Romila Thapar · 1971Research on this topic
- Cults and shrines in early historical Mathura (c. 200 BC–AD 200) Upinder Singh · 2004Research on this topic
- The Yavana Presence in Ancient India Himanshu Prabha Ray · 1988Research on this topic
📚 Books 1
- A History of Sri Lanka K. M. de SilvaRecommended reading